A connection structure for a camera module with an auto-focus feature and a module connector that eliminates the need for wires and FPCs for connection between motor signal terminals and a printed circuit substrate, as will as the need for solder connection operations is also eliminated. A cameras module with an auto-focus feature is equipped with a module base on which is disposed a camera signal contact terminal, and a main module unit on which is disposed a motor signal terminal extending from a side surface. A module connector includes an installation cavity for installing the camera module. A motor signal contact is disposed on the module connector, and the motor signal terminals are formed with a contact, which comes into contact with contacts of the motor signal contact when the camera module is installed in the installation cavity.
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1. A structure that connects a camera module with a module connector, wherein the camera module includes an auto-focus feature and a motor, and on which is disposed a camera signal contact terminal and a motor signal terminal, wherein the module connector includes a mounting cavity for mounting said camera module, and on which is disposed a camera signal contact coming into contact with said camera signal contact terminal when said camera module with auto-focus feature is mounted, a structure for connecting said camera module with auto-focus feature and said module connector wherein: a motor signal contact is disposed on said module connector; and a contact section is disposed on said motor signal terminal so that a contact is formed with said motor signal contact when said camera module with auto-focus feature is mounted in said mounting cavity.
2. The structure as described in claim 1 , further comprising: said camera module with auto-focus feature equipped with a module base having a camera signal contact terminal disposed on a side surface or a bottom surface, and a main module unit disposed on top of said module base; and a camera and a motor installed in said main module unit, and a motor signal terminal extended from a side surface of said main module unit.
3. The structure as described in claim 2 , further comprising: contact sections projecting from said motor signal contact into a terminal insertion cavity formed on said module connector separately from said mounting cavity; and said motor signal terminal extended out from a side surface of said main module unit and bent downward, a contact section thereof being formed at a position where a contact is formed with said contact sections of said motor signal contact when said camera module with auto-focus feature is mounted in said mounting cavity.
4. The structure as described in claim 2 , further comprising: a contact section in said motor signal contact projected inward from an inner side surface of said mounting cavity; and said motor signal terminal extended out from a side surface of said main module unit and bent downward, a contact section thereof being formed at a position where a contact is formed with said contact section of said motor signal contact when said camera module with auto-focus feature is mounted in said mounting cavity.
5. The structure as described in claim 2 , further comprising: a contact section in said motor signal contact projected inward from an inner bottom surface of said mounting cavity; and said motor signal terminal extended out from a side surface of said main module unit and bent downward followed by a bend from a side surface of said module base to a bottom surface, a contact section thereof being formed at a position where a contact is formed with said contact section of said motor signal contact when said camera module with auto-focus feature is mounted in said mounting cavity.
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September 15, 2005
March 4, 2008
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